Detroit Free Press — Cedric the Entertainer is host of the 2011 Soul Train Awards, an annual gala that celebrates R&B and hip-hop artists. This year's Legend Award honorees are Earth, Wind & Fire and Gladys Knight. 9 p.m., BET. more info

Totally Fuzzy — I Am is the ninth studio album by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1979 on Columbia Records. The album features the singles "Boogie Wonderland" with The Emotions and "After the Love Has Gone". Also recorded in the I Am sessions were "Sep... more info

Popdose — Boasting focused, soul-lifting horns, sunburst harmonies and a thrilling propensity for shaken-up textures and rhythms, Earth Wind and Fire could do almost no wrong for a period of time in the early- to mid-1970s. The group notched eight Top 10 pop a... more info

ContactMusic — Gospel star Jessy Dixon has died at his home in Chicago Illinois He was 73 The singersongwriter who frequently collaborated with Paul Simon and was once a member of Earth Wind and Fire composed gospel standards like Sit At His Feet and be Blessed I..... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Paul Lester takes a tour through love's darker chambers with ChicChic's third album came out in 1979, the same year as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Earth Wind & Fire's I Am, those other symp... more info

Guardian Music — Take a breath of that brisk fresh air and inhale your top songs of autumnal wistfulness – and its oppositeSeptember marks the end of the summer, the start of the school term, and a definite return to "normality" after the craziness of the summer. F... more info

ContactMusic — Former Ub40 frontman Ali Campbell once performed a private gig with a backing band - without realising they were members of funk legends Earth, Wind & Fire. The Red, Red Wine singer was booked as the entertainment at a wedding reception on a luxury y... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — OneRepublic, “iCarly’s” Miranda Cosgrove, Salt-N-Pepa and Earth, Wind & Fire are among the headliners tapped for the L.A. County Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Colin Kerrigan Earth, Wind & Fire help Philly celebrate Independence Day A little after 1 p.m., the Parkway was already jammed with people who had come from near and far for the Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia... more info

Guardian Music — This Paris duo started out as session musicians for Air and Phoenix – and it shows in their brilliant, buoyant melodiesHometown: Paris.The lineup: Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Masne.The background: Who have been your new artists of the year so far? ... more info